Child&#39;s garment.



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APPLICATION FILED JULYZY. 1905.

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W|tnesses A mo 839,139. PATBN'L'ED DEC. 25, 1906.

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GHILDS GARMENT.

APPLIQATION IILBD JULY 27,1905.

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, novel eonstruetitm and eombination of parts part of this speeitieation, and in Wlllt'll. like front by the seam -'l.

the garment, it will be understood that the UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

- EDITH HANKS OF DENISON, TEXAS, ASSIUNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE E. ANDERSON OF DENISON, TEXAS.

CHiLDs GAJR'MENIIT.

Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Applictition filod July 27,1905. Serial No. 271.448.

Be it known that l, Enrrn l'lANKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denison, in the eounty of (lrayson and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful (Jhilds tiarntent, oi whieh the l 'ollowing is a s )C(-lll('tlllt)ll.

lhis invention relates to ehildrens garments. I

'lho object of the invention is to provide a garment which may be worn either as an outdoor ('OVttlliglfyOl as a night-wrapper and whieh will permit tree use of the limbs ready access to the underwear, if desired, and 'llltll ma) be worn by ehildren of either sex with perl'eet comfort. and ease.

With the above and other objeetsin View, as will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, the same eonsists in the ola ehilds garment, as will be hereilnit'ter lull'y deseribed and elanned.

in the aeeompanylng drawings, lornnng a elntraeters of ret'erenee indieate eorresponth ing parts, Figure l is a view in elevation of the garment spread out llat and viewed from the trout. Fig. 2 is a view in rear elevation, showing the garment as it appears when on Fig. It isa. similarview snowing the lower parts of the garment unl'astened to permit aeeess to the underelothing. Fig. tis a l'ragimaitary detail view ol' the lower portion of the garment viewed I'rom the rear.

The garment embodies a ody portion 1, whit-h, as shownin Fig. l, may be eonstruet' ed ol' two parts and 3 eonueeted at the While this will generally be the preferred manner of eonstrueting garment may be made ol a single pieee ol' niaterial and still be within the scope ot the invention 'lhe bod portion is so eat that the garment when its parts are assembled for wear has the appearanee ol' an ordinary pair night-drawers with the exee tion that the legs are shortened to permit lree movement of the legs ol' the wearer, a l'eat are that is es" sential with stn'ltgarnients.

'lhe up ier portion ol'the garment has eombined \\'llll it a. pair ol' arms 5 ol' the usual or any )relerred eoustruetiouand a eollar t', that is slit. at the trout and thebaek to avoid any binding around tltt ttttlt and shoulders l and also-to render the garment cooler in use. There is also combined with the body a belt 7 which is held in iosition by a pair of straps or loops 8, seeuret to the front of the garment. t r I The back is s ilit from the to to the b0ttom, and one. iiap thus forniet is provided throughout a greater portion 01'' its lengthwith hu'tto'nholes t), that are designed to be engaged by buttons it) on the opposite flap. From the iowest, of the buttons it) the opposed edges of the flaps are-(rut away, forming an mverted-V-shaped gore 11, Fig. 4, adjaeent to the edges of whit-h are seeured buttons t2 and 12'. The bottom portion of the front of the garment has a seniieireular piece eat from it, and to the edges of the gore thus formed is secured a eroteh-tlap 13, at the erest of whieh is seemed a cod-piece 14, there being an opening 15 provided at the to of the eroteh-tlap, whieh is normally eoveret by the eodpieee. 'lhe eroteh-tla p has eombined with it a button 16, that is designed to engage a buttonhole 17 on the eod-pieee to mg 15. The eroteh-tlap is provided with three buttonholes lS that are designed to be.

engaged, respectively, by the lower button lthand the two buttons 12, thereby effecting a eomplete elosing ol' the eroteh. 'lhe lower edge of the body adjaeent to the eroteh-opening isprovided with two bnttonholes 19, that are adapted to be engaged by the buttons 12, thereby to form the legs oi the garment.

\Vhen all of the parts are assembled in the, manner deseribed, the garment has the aparanee ot' a pair ol' ordinary bloomers, such as are worn b v ehildren in the summer-time exeept that provision is made l'or perni itting l'ree aeeess to the nndergarment's without removing the artiele, this being aeeonnilished by the provision at the eroteh-tlap 12%,whieh when loosened trom engagement with the 'bnttons It) and t2 \\'tll tree the lower part of the garment, and bv l'reeiiwthe buttons 12 from the buttonholes It) the whole lower portion ol' the garment will be free from eontaet with the body and may be turned upward. This latter will be found of ptntieular value at summer-resorts where itis desired to have -ehildren play inwater without neeessarily wetting their outer garments.

"lhe article as deseribed is simple in eoneause the latter positi 'ely to eover the open-.

"for fastening the e struction, durable in. use, and will in a practical manner fulfil a long-felt want in the nursery and on the play round.

Having thus describe the invention, what isdlsimed is v0 1. A childs garment comprisi a coatlike body portion 0 en at the bee r, means ges of said opening together except at the bottom thereof at which point the edges of theback opening are at angles to each other and spaced apart, the front portion of the garment having an opening cut thereinto at the center of the lower portion thereof, a crotch-flap having full edges and secured to the edges of the front v o ening and adapted to fit snugly between t e limbs of the wearer, and means for securlower ing said fiapto those portions of the rear edges of the garment whlchare spaced apart,

said flap when closed serving to bisect the portion of the garment t9 form legreceiving portions. a J 2. A childs garment com rising a coatlike body portion open down t 0 back, means i the edges of said opening to- 4 gether exce t at the bottom thereof at which point the er ges of the back 0 ening are at angles to each other and space apart, the front portion of the garment having an opening cut thereinto at the center of the lower ortion thereof, a crotch-flap having full e( gcs and secured to the edges of the front-opening and. adapted to fit snugly between the limbs of the wearer, said flap having an opening therein, ineans'ior securing said flap to those portions of the rear edges of the garment which are spaced apart, said flap when. closed serving to bisect the lower portlon of the garment to form leg-receiving portions, a codpiece carried by said Ha and means upon the fie for fastening SiLlt' piece in position to close t e opening in the flap.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixcd my signature in thepresence of two witnesses.

EDITH HANKS.

Witnesses:

W. L. Hoses, MAUD Hones. 

